Now, THE SOFA BED!

Lou has this sofa bed, which is seemed a little off for our small home...



But we kept it, for so many reasons. 1) Buying a new sofa is pricey. We can afford one, but neither of us thinks it's practical knowing that our stay in our place might be just temporary, and that we might have a different preference later on when we move to a bigger home, 2) It's a sofa bed, therefore it's still handy, especially when we have guests who need to sleep over, and... 3) this is enough reason even without #1 and #2...

This sofa bed has a lot of sentimental value for Lou, because it's the first huge home-related thing he got using his own money, back when he was still new in the corporate world. Being sentimental on things myself, I truly understand that. In fact, while I don't like its bulkiness, part of me doesn't want to let go of it, just thinking about the movie nights we had on this sofa, cuddling while loading ourselves with popcorn, piattos and mang juan... haha! I couldn't even think of having it chopped/resized! So... there, we kept it as is...

Until we decided to have a new, space-saving table, which we paired up with a new storage bench.



No we didn't finally dispose the sofa... Instead, we had it upholstered to match the blue bench, and moved it at the opposite side of our den.



Finally, I realized that the problem with this sofa all this time wasn't its bulkiness, but how we wrongly used it as a dining place with our low coffee table. Another off thing - its old (AND PROBABLY DIRTY) upholstery, which didn't have a nice contrast with our floor and walls.

Now this sofa can be what it's supposed to be -- a sofa for our movie nights, or a bed for our guests. period. Best of all, now it looks more homey rather than a man cave thing. HAHA!